Mpls L3Vpn Route Advertisement - HP 10500 Series Configuration Manual

When the Type field is 0, the Administrator subfield occupies two bytes, the Assigned number
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subfield occupies four bytes, and the RD format is 16-bit AS number:32-bit user-defined number. For
example, 100:1.
• When the Type field is 1, the Administrator subfield occupies four bytes, the Assigned number
subfield occupies two bytes, and the RD format is 32-bit IPv4 address:16-bit user-defined number.
For example, 172.1.1.1:1.
When the Type field is 2, the Administrator subfield occupies four bytes, the Assigned number
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subfield occupies two bytes, and the RD format is 32-bit AS number:16-bit user-defined number,
where the minimum value of the AS number is 65536. For example, 65536:1.
To guarantee global uniqueness for an RD, do not set the Administrator subfield to any private AS
number or private IP address.
Route target attribute
MPLS L3VPN uses route target community attributes to control the advertisement of VPN routing
information. A VPN instance on a PE supports the following types of route target attributes:
• Export target attribute—A PE sets the export target attribute for VPN-IPv4 routes learned from
directly connected sites before advertising them to other PEs.
Import target attribute—A PE checks the export target attribute of VPN-IPv4 routes received from
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other PEs. If the export target attribute matches the import target attribute of a VPN instance, the PE
adds the routes to the routing table of the VPN instance.
Route target attributes define which sites can receive VPN-IPv4 routes, and from which sites a PE can
receive routes.
Like RDs, route target attributes can be one of the following formats:
• 16-bit AS number:32-bit user-defined number. For example, 100:1.
32-bit IPv4 address:16-bit user-defined number. For example, 172.1.1.1:1.
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32-bit AS number:16-bit user-defined number, where the minimum value of the AS number is 65536.
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For example, 65536:1.
MP-BGP
MP-BGP supports multiple address families, including IPv4 multicast, IPv6 unicast, IPv6 multicast, and
VPN-IPv4 address families.
In MPLS L3VPN, MP-BGP advertises VPN-IPv4 routes for VPN sites between PEs.

MPLS L3VPN route advertisement

In a basic MPLS L3VPN, CEs and PEs are responsible for advertising VPN routing information. P routers
maintain only the routes within the backbone. A PE maintains only routing information for directly
connected VPNs, rather than for all VPNs.
VPN routing information is advertised from the local CE to the remote CE using the following process:
From the local CE to the ingress PE:
1.
The CE advertises standard IPv4 private routes to the ingress PE through static routing, RIP, OSPF,
IS-IS, EBGP, or IBGP.
From the ingress PE to the egress PE:
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The ingress PE adds RD and route target attributes for these standard IPv4 routes to create
VPN-IPv4 routes, saves them to the routing table of the VPN instance created for the CE, and
advertises the VPN-IPv4 routes to the egress PE through MP-BGP.
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